In-depth

Desiring God Conference – 2013

10/40 Window

The 10/40 Window is a term coined by Christian missionary strategist Luis Bush in 1990 to refer to those regions of the eastern hemisphere, plus the European and African part of the western hemisphere, located between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator, a general area that in 1990 was purported to have the highest level of socioeconomic challenges and least access to the Christian message and Christian resources on the planet.

The 10/40 Window concept highlights these three elements: an area of the world with great poverty and low quality of life, combined with lack of access to Christian resources. The Window forms a band encompassing Saharan and Northern Africa, as well as almost all of Asia (West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and much of Southeast Asia). Roughly two-thirds of the world population lives in the 10/40 Window. The 10/40 Window is populated by people who are predominantly Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, animist, Jewish or atheist. Many governments in the 10/40 Window are formally or informally opposed to Christian work of any kind within their borders.

Biola University

David Nelson

Never Too Far from Grace [Greater]

Quotes

There is a divine moment that God has appointed for you

We don’t rescue because we are rescuers, we rescue because we have been rescued ( David Platt )

I was the best with being who you wanted me to be

Don’t get it twisted. Jesus was a friend of sinners, but he was not a companion of sinners ( Bad companions, corrupt good characters – 1 Corinthians 15:33 )

Confuse Corporate growth with personal growth

Be still and know that I am God ( Psalm 46:10 )

What good is it to gain the World, but lose your soul ( Mark 8:36 )

What good is it to gain the world, but not love yourself, not valve yourself

Addendum

David Platt, Added on Sept 11th, 2015

LinkDavid Joseph Platt is currently the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, and he is also the author of the New York Times Best Seller Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream. He released a follow-up book, Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God in April, 2011. And in February, 2013, he released Follow Me: A Call to Die. a Call to Live. Platt recently founded a resource ministry, Radical.net, dedicated to serving the church and making disciples of all nations.

He also served at Edgewater Baptist Church in New Orleans and resided in a parsonage when Hurricane Katrina hit, flooding the parsonage.

At the age of 26, Platt was hired to lead the congregation of The Church at Brook Hills, and he became known as the youngest megachurch pastor in America. He said, “I believe that God has uniquely created every one of His people to impact the world. Some may count it as idealistic, but I believe it is thoroughly biblical, rooted in Psalm 67:1-2, yet covering Scripture from beginning to end. God is in the business of blessing His people so that His ways and His salvation might be made known among all people.”

He holds to a continuationist view, meaning that the Biblical gifts of the Holy Spirit did not cease with the apostles and are operating today for the edification of the church.